Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

Darrell Hartman

387 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get–and sell–the story.In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitt...

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informative 100%
adventurous 66%
challenging 23%
mysterious 9%
dark 4%
emotional 4%
funny 4%
inspiring 4%
reflective 4%
sad 4%
tense 4%

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slow 45%

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